# "Seven Special Perks for Social-Savvy Travelers", How to Make Airplane Travel More Pleasant, and a New Way to Secure and Style Your Luggage

- URL: https://travelguysradio.com/2014/11/14/2390
- Audio (MP3): https://audio.travelguysradio.com/2014/11/travel-guys-show-11-16-2014.mp3

*On the Friday, November 14th, 2014 edition of The Travel Guys…*

On this week's edition of **The Travel Guys,** Tom and Mark are joined by Caroline Costello of Smartertravel.com. She recently penned a column about [how travelers who are savvy in the social media world can earn all kinds of bonuses](http://www.smartertravel.com/photo-galleries/editorial/seven-special-perks-for-social-savvy-travelers.html?id=874&source=91&value=2014-10-11+00%3A00%3A00&u=AF15711F03&nl_cs=20339925%3A%3A7597281%3A%3A20405548%3A%3A), including points, miles and other peaks. If you play the social media game, you could get a head start on your future travel, just be tweeting and posting in the right places.

Gwen Duncan is along with the Deal of the Week. Gwen has found a variety of holiday activities at Lake Tahoe, many of them **free.** [Connect to her web site for the complete list](http://www.cordiallyyourstravel.com/default.asp). Mark, Gwen and Tom also discuss Mark's list of **Five Rules to Make Airplane Travel More Pleasant for All.** Gwen shares some tips of her own, including a great idea about preparing the kids for travel.

Finally, we take you to Hawaii, [home of Bag Swag](http://www.bagswag.com/), a great new way to dress up (and secure) your luggage.

## Highlights

- [ ](http://www.smartertravel.com/airfare/earn-bonus-shopping-points-from-southwest.html?id=20733068&source=91&value=2014-11-11+00%3A00%3A00&u=AF15711F03&nl_cs=20620469%3A%3A7597638%3A%3A20733068%3A%3A)[Seven Special Perks for Social-Savvy Travelers](http://www.smartertravel.com/photo-galleries/editorial/seven-special-perks-for-social-savvy-travelers.html?id=874&source=91&value=2014-10-11+00%3A00%3A00&u=AF15711F03&nl_cs=20339925%3A%3A7597281%3A%3A20405548%3A%3A)
- [Deal of the Week - Cordially Yours Travel](http://www.cordiallyyourstravel.com/default.asp)
- [Bonus Shopping Points from Southwest](http://www.smartertravel.com/airfare/earn-bonus-shopping-points-from-southwest.html?id=20733068&source=91&value=2014-11-11+00%3A00%3A00&u=AF15711F03&nl_cs=20620469%3A%3A7597638%3A%3A20733068%3A%3A)
- [Fly Guy: Ways to prevent, and fix, air travel problems](http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/hobica/2014/10/28/flight-problems-delay-cancellation-lost-luggage/18005911/)
- [Southwest Credit Card Bonus: 50,000 Points](http://www.smartertravel.com/airfare/southwest-credit-card-bonus-50-000-points.html?id=20385808&source=91&value=2014-11-13+00%3A00%3A00&u=AF15711F03&nl_cs=20620512%3A%3A7603555%3A%3A20385808%3A%3A)
- [Hilton to Penalize Same-Day Cancellations](http://www.smartertravel.com/blogs/today-in-travel/hilton-to-penalize-same-day-cancellations.html?id=20793978&source=91&value=2014-11-13+00%3A00%3A00&u=AF15711F03&nl_cs=20620512%3A%3A7603555%3A%3A20793978%3A%3A)
- [Bag Swag](http://www.bagswag.com/)

Previous Episode: [USA Today's Christopher Elliott (Did he and his family really get robbed?) and TV Star Patrick Bristow (his new theater show is Puppet Up) headline this week](https://travelguysradio.com/2014/11/09/usa-todays-christopher-elliott-family-really-get-robbed-tv-star-patrick-bristow-new-theater-show-puppet-headline-week) — November 9, 2014
Next Episode: [Bags Fly Free No More on JetBlue, and What Do You Do in Milwaukee on a Cold Fall Weekend?](https://travelguysradio.com/2014/11/23/bags-fly-free-jet-blue-milwaukee-cold-fall-weekend) — November 23, 2014

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